isn't predestination incompatible with the idea of free will ? calvinist doctrine, in its pristine form, had a theory of predestination in which only the 'elect' were, from an original principle, 'guaranteed' salvation and everybody else doomed to a spiritual void. i'm not sure that even joining the calvinist cult (voluntarily) would allow you to be counted among the elect. after exposure to the gospels, people either choose to follow christ or not for a huge number of reasons, emotional factors, etc., etc. as a rational agent, wouldn't the choice ultimately be an exercise of free will ?
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